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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7051491 | Method and apparatus for capping bottles A method and apparatus for capping blown containers is provided. The top surfaces of a snap-on cap are preferably engaged sequentially by pressure members that traverse different segments thereof. The pressure members urge the cap over the neck of a container as the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6408595 | Microplate cover seal applicator A microplate cover seal applicator comprising a downwardly spring-biased roller mounted in a pivotal arm which pivots the roller into and out of operative contact with the top face of a microplate. The lower face of the microplate is seated in a well form... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6141939 | Apparatus for sequentially applying panels of plastic caps to groups of cans or jars An apparatus for sequentially applying panels or row of plastic caps to groups of cans or jars, which comprises: a feeding path for panels of caps, which is arranged above a belt conveyor arranged to feed a sequence of cans, already filled with product an... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5937616 | Vial capping machine A machine for capping a tray of specimen vials comprises two driven rollers, a table, and a frame. The tray of vials having caps set in the vials but not fully inserted in fed into the entrance end of the machine. A first driven roller engages the caps, i... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5842321 | System and apparatus for filling and capping a vial A system and apparatus for filling a plurality of vials, and for securing respective caps on each vial securely mounting a plurality of caps on, and filing with a substance, a plurality of vials. A guidance apparatus is provided that has a guide member wi... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5669205 | Packing of photographic film A cartridge of wound-up photographic film has an elongate housing within which the film is received, the housing having an outlet through which the film leader projects. In order to insert the cartridge of film into a cylindrical container it is necessary... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5471813 | Ball placer A ball placer device is provided for containers in a capping machine, which consists of a vertical tube assembly mounted to the capping machine to receive a series of balls therein. A feed assembly for the balls is retained above the vertical tube assembl... | 12/05/1995 |
| 4959944 | Separating, feeding, and metering of a range of covers without the need for intermediate adjustment An improved apparatus for separating a preformed cover from an inclined nested stack of covers, advancing and simultaneously rotating said cover from a substantially vertical disposition to a substantially horizontal disposition by means of a transfer chu... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4938649 | Method and device for handling ends for tins Apparatus and method in which stacks of tin ends are formed and fed longitudinally to a three-endless belt conveyor in spaced relation of stacks with turns in the feed paths after the first conveyor being defined by overlapping separate three-endless belt... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4896480 | Method and apparatus for placing a cover on a box A method and apparatus for placing a cover on a box is provided wherein the box cover is first lowered inclined and placed on the opening of a moving box such that its edge leading in the direction of motion grips across the edge of the opening of the box... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4835943 | Apparatus for applying container lids An apparatus and method are disclosed for applying lids to respective cup-like containers. The apparatus includes a continuously operable destacker mechanism which is positioned generally beneath an assembly for holding stacks of the container lids. The d... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4691501 | Method of feeding and applying ridged container closures A plastic container lid which has a small ridge protruding from the outer periphery of the lid, at the top corner of the lid. The ridge provides a uniform taper in the outside diameter of the lid, enabling containers to be capped at high speeds by a metho... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4683706 | Apparatus and method for installing lids on containers Apparatus and method for applying resiliently self-latching lids to upwardly open containers such as molded plastic buckets used to contain powdered or liquid products, in which a supply of generally planar circular lids is supported in a shallow sloping ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4601160 | Cover separating, feeding, placing and metering apparatus This invention shows two mechanisms for receiving, separating, delivering covers to a gravity chute, and thence to metering and cover-positioning and -pressing means. The feeding of covers may be automatic or may be hand-loaded. One embodiment shows the s... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4312172 | Automatic lid placing apparatus for large plastic lids and method for placing lids An apparatus and method for automatically placing large plastic lids onto containers. Lids 24 are dispensed individually from magazine 11 onto slide 33. Each dispensed lid is individually retained at the bottom of the slide 33 for pickup by a container 41... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4095390 | Machine and process for capping and sealing containers A machine for applying lids to containers and for further heat sealing a metal foil membrane to each container beneath its lid includes a main conveyor and a timing screw at the feed end of the conveyor for releasing open top containers onto the conveyor ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4040513 | Disc advancing and metering device A disc advancing and painting apparatus including a pair of generally cylindrical support rollers rotatably mounted in adjacent side-by-side relationship to provide a cradle for supporting a row of similar discs or the like on edge in adjacent relationshi... | 08/09/1977 |
